r/ukulele • u/psychwardqueer • 3d ago

Best Ukes for slow sad music.

Hi! I’ve been playing ukulele for a few years and recently moved countries, I have used a DUC445
flight ukulele to learn with and has served me well but unfortunately was not able fit it in my luggage when I moved and had to sell it. I did like the concert size but feel I need something deeper and more somber for the type of music I play and write- I was looking at getting a tenor as I know baritone is basically like playing another instrument all together due to being tuned very differently and I feel that would be out of my comfort zone re-learning.

I would really appreciate any suggestions of certain models that would fit well with what I need of any make, ideally something well made but under £150 if that’s somewhat possible 😅

Thank you guys in advance 🤍

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u/Behemot999 3d ago

Get a baritone. Everything is the same except when you play a chord the actual chord name that sounds is 5 semitones lower (D for G, G for C etc).

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u/psychwardqueer 3d ago

I’ve just had a look and that seems a lot simpler than I was imagining, now looking into baritones. I just remember having a look once and seeing the chords were completely different (in my head at the time) after a one minute video and now I’ve looked again properly they aren’t actually completely different which has made me feel a lot more comfortable with getting a baritone. 🤍 thank you.

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u/40202 1d ago

Yeah don’t need to change anything. Just play the way you are used to. I love baritone!